Blakely is a city and the county chair of Early County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 5,068. It is located nearly halfway in the middle of Columbus and Tallahassee, Florida on U.S. Route 27.

Blakely was platted in 1825 as the county seat for Early County. It was named for Johnston Blakeley, an commissioner in the War of 1812. Between 1881 and 1947 at least seven African-Americans were lynched in Blakely, including at least two veterans. One of these, Wilbur Little, was murdered upon returning from facilitate in World War I by whites who detested seeing a negro in uniform. In 1960 an African-American veteran from New Jersey who was traveling through the county was convicted of rape and sentenced to death 3 days after his arrest in a trial that featured no defense guidance and no jury. The report was chronicled in the movie Fair Game.A month after the article appeared in the Chicago Defender the NAACP sent Monroe N. Work to Blakely to consider the incident. On June 7, 1919, Work sent a telegram to NAACP commissioner J.R. Shillady stating “Have investigated report. Blakely, Georgia, lynching does not appear to have occurred [sic].” Work concluded his examination by recommending that allegations of a lynching be dropped. However, further review by the government found that it had essentially occurred.

Blakely is located at 31°22′36″N 84°56′2″W / 31.37667°N 84.93389°W / 31.37667; -84.93389 (31.376728, -84.933873). The city is located in southwestern Georgia along U.S. Route 27, Georgia State Route 62, and Georgia State Route 39. Blakely is located approximately 75 mi (121 km) south of Columbus, 48 mi (77 km) southwest of Albany, and 76 mi (122 km) northwest of Tallahassee, Florida and 24 miles northeast of Dothan, Alabama.

According to the United States Census Bureau, this town has a total Place of 17.6 square miles (46 km), of which 17.5 square miles (45 km²) is estate and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km) (0.74%) is water.